Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS)

The Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is a joint colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for Biology and the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. External (inter)national guest speakers alternate with our own scientists presenting a range of exciting research that reflects the diversity of our institutes. Each seminar is followed by  opportunities to discuss research findings further with the speakers in an informal small group or 1-1 setting.

Time: Friday at 3:00 pm (according to announcement)

Organizers: Honour McCann, Hassan Salem

Contact: Researcher Support Team

DSSS - Molecular and evolutionary processes generating variation in gene expression

• Date: Sep 29, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wittkopp
• University of Michigan
• Location: Online only

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DSSS - Enabling discovery by in-cell structural biology

• Date: Oct 6, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Julia Mahamid
• Structural and Computational Biology Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - Of termite tales and other stories

• Date: Oct 13, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Amy Zanne
• Aresty Chair in Tropical Ecology Department of Biology University of Miami
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Oct 20, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Chris Bowler
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - Uncovering Virulence Landscapes and Host Immunodiversity using Effector Pangenomes

• Date: Oct 23, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. David S. Guttman
• Department of Cell & Systems Biology University of Toronto
• Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01

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DSSS - cancelled

• Date: Nov 10, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Lindsay Hall
• Chair of Intestinal Microbiome Technical University of Munich
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Nov 17, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Christian Schlötterer
• Head of the Institute of Population Genetics Vetmeduni Vienna
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
• Head of Plant-Parasite Interactions Group The Crop Sciences Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Dec 8, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Leonie Moyle
• The Moyle Lab - Ecology & Genetics of Adaptation & Speciation, Indiana University Bloomington
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Dec 15, 2023
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Cátia Igreja
• MPI for Biology Tübingen
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tba

• Date: Jan 26, 2024
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Wenbo Ma
• The Sainsbury Laboratory TSL, Norwich
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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